The 2026 WPL season will be the first when the teams will have played the full three year cycle and a mega auction will happen on 27th November 2025. The 5 teams have released and retained a list of players. There are a lot of players such as Meg Lanning, Deepti Sharma, Alyssa Healy who will go in the auction.
WPL 2026 Retained and Released players list team wise
Mumbai Indians
Retained
Harmanpreet Kaur
Amanjot Kaur
Nat Sciver Brunt
Hayley Matthews
Kamalini
Released
Akshita Maheshwari
Amandeep Kaur
Amelia Kerr
Chloe Tryon
Jintimani Kalita
Nadine De Klerk
Keerthana Balakrishnan
Sajeevan Sajana
Sanskriti Gupta
Yastika Bhatia
Parunika Sisodia
Saika Ishaque
Shabnim Ismail
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained
Smriti Mandhana
Ellyse Perry
Shreyanka Patil
Richa Ghosh
Released
Danni Wyatt
Sabbineni Meghana
Charlie Dean
Georgia Wareham
Heather Graham
Joshitha VJ
Kanika Ahuja
Kim Garth
Prema Rawat
Raghvi Bist
Sneh Rana
Nuzhat Parveen
Ekta Bisht
Renuka Singh
Jagravi Pawar
Delhi Capitals
Retained
Jemimah Rodrigues
Shafali Verma
Annabel Sutherland
Marizanne Kapp
Niki Prasad
Released
Meg Lanning
Sneha Deepthi
Alice Capsey
Arundhati Reddy
Jess Jonassen
Minnu Mani
Radha Yadav
Shikha Pandey
N Charani
Nandini Kashyap
Sarah Bryce
Taniyaa Bhatia
Titas Sandhu
UP Warriorz
Retained
Shweta Sehrawat
Released
Alyssa Healy
Sophie Ecclestone
Arushi Goel
Georgia Voll
Kiran Navgire
Vrinda Dinesh
Chinelle Henry
Deepti Sharma
Grace Harris
Kranti Gaud
Poonam Khemnar
Tahlia McGrath
Uma Chetry
Alana King
Anjali Sarvani
Gouher Sultana
Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Saima Thakor
Gujarat Giants
Retained
Ashleigh Gardener
Beth Money
Released
Laura Wolvaardt
Bharti Fulmali
Phoebe Litchfield
Simran Shaikh
Danielle Gibson
Dayalan Hemalatha
Deandra Dottin
Harleen Deol
Sayali Satghare
Tanuja Khanwer
Kashvee Gautam
Mannat Kashyap
Meghna Singh
Prakashika Naik
Priya Mishra
Shabnam Shakil
